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    • Nuclear Medicine
    • Computational Physics

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    • Accurate scatter correction is crucial for PET imaging quality and quantification.
    • Traditional Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) offers high accuracy but is computationally intensive.
    • Single Scatter Simulation (SSS) is widely used but has limitations in dynamic measurements and large objects.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To implement and evaluate a graphics processing unit (GPU) accelerated Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) for scatter correction in clinical 3D brain PET imaging.
    • To assess the accuracy and computational performance of GPU-accelerated MCS compared to traditional methods.

    Main Methods:

    • Developed a novel GPU-accelerated MCS implementation for simulating photon interactions in PET scanners.
    • Simulated photon generation, transport, and detection processes on GPUs.
    • Validated the approach using GATE simulations and compared performance against Single Scatter Simulation (SSS).

    Main Results:

    • Achieved a significant acceleration factor of 776 for MCS computation time on a GPU compared to a single-threaded CPU in a brain phantom study.
    • Demonstrated the feasibility of full MCS-based scatter correction for clinical 3D brain PET imaging.
    • Validated the accuracy of the GPU-accelerated MCS approach.

    Conclusions:

    • GPU acceleration makes accurate MCS-based scatter correction viable for routine clinical PET imaging.
    • This advancement overcomes the computational limitations of traditional MCS.
    • Offers a more robust and accurate scatter correction solution for PET.